DEBUT LIT presents "New On Tap" Thursday, September 20 at 7 pm.

Come see NYC debut poets, novelists and memoirists peddle their wares in this BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL, 2012 BOOKEND EVENT showcase. In honor of Pacific Standard's microbrews, these authors will read original short work on the theme of "new on tap."

Readers will include:

Greg Gerke (There's Something Wrong with Sven)
Austin LaGrone (Oyster Perpetual)
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (A Tiger in the Kitchen)
Laren McClung (Between Here and Monkey Mountain)
Ralph Sassone (The Intimates)
Hugh Sheehy (The Invisibles)

Co-hosted by Debut Lit founder and writer Rebekah Anderson and
PitchKnives & Butter Forks bloggers Jason Leahey and Shannon Dunlap.

www.DebutLit.com
www.brooklynbookfestival.org

Holodeck improv comedy September 25 at 8 pm.

A monthly show where all the comedy is made up on the premises. See some of the city's best indie improv teams perform their stuff. Hosted by the improv group Local Hero with this month's special guests Free Kittens, Scrambled Legs, and musical improv from Hollywood, Kansas.

Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.

Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi

Free Kittens:
Kim Brown
Max Cardilla
Betsy Kenney
Liz Noth
Jibri Nuriddin
A.J. Patton
Matt Radlow
Szoke Schaeffer

Scrambled Legs:
Sara Feinstein
Darin Guerrasio
Randy Reiman
Jake Smith

Hollywood, Kansas:
Evan Altshuler
Henry Russell Bergstein
Nikita Burdein
Allison Castellano
Katie Foster
Caryn Lewi
Curtis Retherford
Claire Wilmoth